CTRL-Labs plans subscriptions for continuous neural modeling with free developer hardware
Thomas Reardon · Fireside Chat: Thomas Reardon, Founder & CEO, CTRL-Labs (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC) · Sep 17, 2019 · at 24:42
Thomas Reardon is the Founder & CEO of CTRL-Labs. He outlines the company's commercial strategy and pricing model for its neural interface platform.
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“Yeah, so our revenue model is based on us charging effectively a subscription for modeling work, but in fact, what we are pushing right now is one in which it's a free license to the hardware and a free license to the initial models, and we want to get paid For the work that really aligns with what we're doing, i.e. That we're doing always on continuous modeling of your nervous system.”
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